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OBP,
At what airfield did you land (or depart) in NL. Was this EHAM, EHRD, EHBK or EHGG by any chance?
In that case you've not been invoiced for "en-route charges" (for which VFR and IFR below a certain weight is exempt) but you've been invoiced for "terminal charges". Which is really Eurocontrol purely acting as the debt collector for LVNL - the local ATC at these fields.
And I'm not sure, but I think Eurocontrol also acts as the debt collector for the German civil ATC (Bundesluftsomething). So the charge may also be a "terminal charge" for that end of the flight.
EHGG the charge was listed as terminal charges but we did pay airport fees at Eelde, please see previous reply.